GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| grudging | unwilling |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
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| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
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